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From: Transfer of plantar pressure from the medial to the central forefoot in patients with hallux valgus

Fig. 1

Distribution of the plantar pressure profile into different masks. Longitudinally the foot was subdivided into the hindfoot, midfoot, line of the metatarsal heads, and toe zone. The latter two sections were further subdivided transversally into three equal masks, corresponding to the stronger medial first ray and then the second + third rays and the fourth + fifth rays. Measured pressures are displayed in the form of a heat map, higher pressures indicated by red and lower by blue. The main plantar pressures were measured in the hindfoot region upon heel strike and in the metatarsal region during terminal stance. Abbreviations: MT – metatarsal head

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